Knock knock knock...... Boom Boom Boom Boom ...... On the training ground of the barracks, a group of officers were surrounding there, and several shells were fired from the mortars, and the gunners kept stuffing ammunition into the barrels, and the shells rained out.

"It's so fast, it's a god." Yang Lie exclaimed.

"The lethality is also strong, and people within a radius of 12 meters are basically finished." Wu Feng said as he looked at the explosion point with a telescope.

At this time, Xia Jun walked into the barracks with the guards.

"Chairman."

"Chairman."

People saluted Xia Jun one after another, Xia Jun nodded, and asked with a smile, "How effective is the mortar?" ”

"Very good." Wu Feng nodded and said, "It's just a little too heavy, if it can be lighter, it will be able to keep up with the speed of the troops' advancement faster." ”

The Type 93 mortar is more than 14 kilograms, and Xia Jun has already changed the drawing to 20 kilograms, so it was just made.

"I can't help it! For the time being, we can only make alloys that heavy. Xia Jun shook his head slightly, "If you want a lighter mortar, you have to wait for a while." ”

Yang Lie smiled: "But it's about the same, anyway, the range is so far, the rate of fire is nearly 30 rounds a minute, it is definitely a big weapon in combat, principal, which unit is this mortar equipped to?" ”

"Equip to platoon-level units, and equip three doors for one company." Xia Jun said, "I will select a group of students from the school to join the army, and let them serve as gunners when the time comes." ”

In this regard, Xia Jun has already thought about it, a company is adding a mortar squad, and four people are responsible for a mortar with a base artillery shell (60 rounds, one person carries more than 20 kilograms of artillery shells on the march).

…… In the past month, the East China Aviation Manufacturing Company has again built prototypes of nearly eight drawings, and two of these eight designs have been successful.

One of them is the 'Hammer 2 bomber', which uses two 220 horsepower engines, a maximum speed of 180 km/h, a maximum range of 530 km, a ceiling of 3,500 meters, a warhead of 1,350 kg, a load of 1,100 kg, and two heavy machine guns.

This is an excellent bomber, but it is not a good fighter-bomber, armed with only two heavy machine guns, its combat capabilities are insufficient, and it still has a two-wing design.

Although the combat capability is insufficient, the air combat effectiveness required in this era is not so high, because Xiao Yueben does not have an airplane, and the design of the two heavy machine guns is somewhat redundant.

The other aircraft is a reconnaissance aircraft, named the 'Eagle 1 reconnaissance aircraft' with a 150 horsepower engine, this aircraft uses a monoplane design, so that the maximum flight speed reaches 215 km / h, the maximum range reaches 400 km, the maximum ceiling is 3100 meters, and a heavy machine gun is installed on each side of the fuselage.

Of these two types of aircraft, only the Heavy Hammer 2 is equipped with the East China Air Force, while the Heavy Hammer 1 bomber and the Eagle 1 reconnaissance aircraft are used for export.

The East China Commercial Hall, which had just opened in Germany, began to market the aircraft to Germany.

The Germans showed great interest in these two types of aircraft, especially the Hammer 1 bomber, which was shown to be of great utility in the video materials sent to the Germans by the East China Merchant House. In addition, the flight speed of the Eagle 1 reconnaissance aircraft is also one of the fastest in the world today.

In early May, Xia Jun received a report from the German East China Merchant House that Germany had ordered 100 Heavy Hammer 1 bombers and 100 Eagle 1 reconnaissance planes from the Merchant Pavilion.

This made Xia Jun very happy, this is a big business.

The Hammer 1 bomber was the most expensive, costing $20,000 each, while the Eagle 1 reconnaissance plane cost half the price, costing $10,000 each.

The manufacturing cost of the aircraft in these years was very low, after all, it was made of wood and cloth, and the price of 20,000 US dollars or 10,000 US dollars was very profitable.

The Germans were also generous, ordering a hundred of both aircraft.

This order is enough for Huadong Aviation Manufacturing Company to earn more than two million dollars.

Anthony Fork learned the news and exclaimed: "There is nothing more profitable than building an airplane, especially an airplane with plywood......"

Aircraft made of plywood have a much lower manufacturing cost, which is halved compared to aircraft made of wood.

Don't look at the fact that airplanes are made of wood, but in fact, to find such a large amount of wood, the cost is relatively large, plus you have to pay for carpentry and so on.

With plywood, everything is simpler.

When Xia Jun inspected the production line at the factory of the East China Aviation Manufacturing Company, he told Anthony Folk and other aircraft designers: "Next, we will develop a long-range strategic bomber with a flight range of more than 1,000 kilometers. ”

"A thousand kilometers! Boss, this task is not too difficult, it's just that the cost of aircraft manufacturing may have to increase. Anthony Fork said to Xia Jun, after all, if you want to fly farther, you have to have more horsepower, and the plane has to be bigger.

"I don't care if you're going with the maximum horsepower engine or a multi-engine design, or if you're going with a single wing or a double wing, cost is not an issue." Xia Jun said to him.

The Heavy Hammer 2 bomber is only a short-range tactical bomber, and Xia Jun does not have a long-range strategic bomber.

Of course, the voyage of more than 1,000 kilometers still can't bomb the mainland of Xiao Yuben, but it is also a good choice for export during World War I.

…… On May 3, under the auspices of Xia Jun, East China Aviation Training School was established in Hangzhou.

Many Chinese and foreign journalists, as well as many teachers, students, and members of the public came to the scene that day, and they were all waiting to see today's air show.

The Chinese reporters were very excited, Xia Jun got out of the car and surrounded him, and one of the reporters asked Xia Jun: "Chairman Xia, do we also have an air force in China?" ”

"Yes, our Air Force was formed back in January and was the first in the world." Xia Jun replied, "At the same time, it is also the air force with the most aircraft in the world. ”

Those reporters wanted to ask something, but they were blocked by Xia Jun's guards, and on the separated passage, Xia Jun walked quickly into the aviation school.

This aviation school will be used to train pilots, and the air force officers will be trained in the Air Force Academy of East China Military University, and this aviation academy will also admit students from other countries, but the tuition fee is also higher, because the hardware facilities of the East China Aviation School are the most complete in the world.

At the same time, today's air show is also aimed at soliciting business for the Eagle 1 reconnaissance aircraft, and at present, the air forces of all countries in the world will be established one after another, and their air forces need a large number of aircraft.

It's a blank market, so let's sell them some inferior goods first.

Because the motors used in the East China Aviation Factory are the most advanced, both horsepower and speed are very high, these planes are sold, and it is more difficult for other countries to imitate the same, and these planes have intellectual property rights, and those Western countries generally do not imitate, they are at most absorbing the design and redesigning an aircraft.

In terms of intellectual property rights, those Western countries are still very rule-abiding, because they make their own rules, and they are also the vested interests, because they have a lot of intellectual property rights in their hands.

Xia Jun is also very rule-abiding at present, because he also has a lot of intellectual property rights in his hands, and he is not barefoot and not afraid of wearing shoes.

Under the watchful eye, Xia Jun carried out the ribbon-cutting ceremony. Then Xia Jun ascended to the high platform and delivered a speech.

"I am very happy to live in this era, because this era is the era of human beings gradually realizing their dreams, we have many human dreams, and flying is one of the dreams that we human beings have always pursued, for thousands of years, both China and the world have emerged many flight pioneers. With the development of material civilization and the progress of science and technology, we have finally realized our dream of flying in this century.

The victory of the Xinhai Revolution freed the Chinese nation from racial oppression, and also ushered in an opportunity for the rejuvenation of our Han nation.

Some people say that China's army lost, China's navy also lost, but the decaying Qing Dynasty has fallen, and these will also be a thing of the past. However, losing is losing after all, but our Air Force cannot afford to lose. Our air force should be at the forefront of the world, become the mainstay of the rejuvenation of our Han nation, and restore the glory of our ancestors together with the army and navy, and take a step closer.

This is also the reason why we set up the East China Aviation College, we want to make the Chinese Air Force the strongest in the world, we must have a professional pilot training base, East China Aviation University is our pilot training base, the pilots who come out of here will soar on the top of the world in the future......"

Xia Jun delivered an impassioned speech on the high platform, which was interrupted several times by the warm applause below, and the speech ended with warm applause.

The air show began immediately afterward.

Ten newly produced Eagle 1 reconnaissance planes slowly drove down the runway amid the attention of the public, and when they had traveled a certain distance, the nose of the plane was raised, and the entire plane broke away from land and flew into the sky...... During the performance, ten planes performed various flight maneuvers, and these pilots were all air force officers who had received flight training for a long time and were very proficient in piloting aircraft.

The superb flying skills, as well as the flight speed beyond the flight speed of other aircraft of this era, attracted the amazement of those foreigners present.

When they flew into a no-man's land, the heavy machine guns on both sides of these reconnaissance planes opened fire one after another, strafing targets on the ground, and even more shocking all the personnel present.

These two machine guns are actually very powerful, after all, they are mounted on both sides of the fuselage, and enemy aircraft can be dodged as long as they fly to the front or to the back.

The reason for the installation of these two machine guns was mainly in the matter of gimmicks in order to attract orders from other countries.

The air show was a great success, and various media and newspapers carried the news one after another, and listed various data on the Eagle 1 reconnaissance plane provided by the East China Autonomous Political Axe.

After those foreign media reported the news, within a few days the East China Aviation Factory received an order from the British Air Force, which was established in February, a month later than the East China Air Force, and was not very advanced in terms of aircraft, at least compared with the Eagle 1 reconnaissance plane, there was a big difference in the data.

(To be continued)